7:27 PM,
Dec. 4, 2012

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A Franciscan St. Francis Health surgeon on Tuesday performed the first operation in the state with an iPod-based navigation system that allowed him to check his surgical incisions and decisions, doing more accurate and less invasive work.

Dr. Timothy Williams, a surgeon with the Center for Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports, went through the usual steps as he operated on Lee Couch's knee. But he stopped periodically to check his work with an unusual colleague: an iPod Touch encased in a sterile cradle. ...